Found alive this morning. Shes alive, finally back with her family. Good morning, im christine romans. Im john berman. Its thursday, may 22nd, 4 00 a. M. In the east. And we begin with the shocking, new allegations this morning that the va may be mistreating some of the veterans most in need of medical care. In a story first seen right here on cnn, a doctor at the phoenix va says injured veterans of wars in iraq and afghanistan are not being given priority appointments, despite a National Mandate that puts them at the very front of the line, or is supposed to at least. Dr. Katherine mitchell told drew griffin this is happening as recently as a few weeks ago. Reporter youre telling me that our troops coming back from war, now separated from active service who should have priority for scheduling do not. Reporter who are coming to the phoenix va for followup care for war injuries correct. Reporter are being put on a waiting list and being made to wait six to ten months . Yes, or longer. A
What i will say is that he is cooperating with legitimate oversight and that cooperation will continue. What i am not going to speculate about is what the republicans are up to. It is blatantly apparent with what they have said this is a highly partisan exercise. We have learned a seven page email exists which our chief intelligence correspondent says outlines the strategy for shaping the2jpx media discussio about benghazi days after the deadly raid that killed four americans. Back to you. Peter doocy, lots of people looking for answers. Thank you. Information about what led to this horrifying circus accident in rhode island. Investigators are now saying a steel clamp that secured the metal structure to the ceiling cable gave way sending the framework crashing to the ground in the middle of a hair hanging stunt. Five of the 11 is are in the hospital, two critically injured. Osha is investigating this. They are trying to figure out whether any Workplace Safety violations played a part.
Reporter youre telling me that our troops coming back from war, now separated from active service who should have priority for scheduling do not. Reporter who are coming to the phoenix va for followup care for war injuries correct. Reporter are being put on a waiting list and made to wait six to ten months . Yes, or longer. The phoenix va is 1 of 26 facilities now under investigation, accused of falsifying appointment records with sometimes deadly consequences. In seattle, a family is suing the va, saying scheduling delays were responsible for a veterans death because his cancer was able to spread. And in portland, oregon, va Officials Say schedulers made veterans wait more than 14 days for an appointment 30,000 times. The president says he is outraged at the allegations. He is promising punishment if those allegations are proven true. We are going to fix whatever is wrong, and so long as i have the privilege of serving as commander in chief, i am going to keep on fighting to deliver t
We are from fox news. Can we please speak with you . See what happens when we showed up at the house of the va Hospital Administrator over the daelts of dozens of veterans. Plus why would anyone see fit to mock the injuries of a wounded navy well investigate kelly file, right now. Breaking tonight, just hours after a new committee for benghazi, a stunning email exchange reaching the top levels of the white house. An exchange the Obama Administration does not want the American Public to see. Im megyn kelly. An internal debate at the white house. These emails involve some of the president s top advisers and the question of whether or not the administration knew this was terror and not some spontaneous demonstration gone wrong from day one. Our chief intelligence correspondent reports from washington. Renorter we are learning tonight that a sevenpage email circulated at the high eest levels of the white house to come up with a media strategy to deal with the fox news report is being withh
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